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Comment by sanjiyan

For when you positively absolutely NEED to blow up everything in a 10yards radius ?

Comment by hilltopperpete

This is going to be stupid good for Affliction and Shadow AOE. I suppose this won't proc for Demo's array of AOEs though, which is fair, as the 2-piece T13 set bonus is going to give Demo top DPS in 4.3 already (2x two-minute Doomguards in one boss fight?).

(Edit- looks like they nerfed T13 Doomguard/Infernal set bonus for Demo already- decrease from 45 sec to 20 sec and increase from 15s to 30s for other Warlock Specs).

Comment by bngn3000

It is unlikely that this will be the final name for this item. "Horrific (item type)" seems to be the place-holder Blizzard is using until they are ready to release more information about 4.3 raid items.

Comment by defektunge

15% proc chance listed for the spell, so expect a long internal cooldown of up to a minute.

Comment by defektunge

Based on a comment on the LFR version, the proc apparently has a 30 second ICD. The mined data lists the proc chance at 15%, procing from both direct damage and DoT ticks. Assuming it procs five seconds after the ICD ends each time, the secondary effect of the trinket is worth 302 DPS per target hit.

i.e. It does around +60% more dmg raid buffed.And the scale factor on the spellpower (which changes between LFR, Normal and Heroic) is fairly high.

Comment by kikovsk

Does the Shadowbolt volley also damage your current target?

Comment by IDrownFish

This on AoE packs is just delicious creamy filling.

I'm not quite sure what that means, but this trinket is seven different kinds of awesome in an AoE or multi-mob situation.

Comment by vegita182

I just got this 2 hours ago and even though im a mage, Its the best trinket ive yet to equip. It works really well with the moonwell chalice since it gives you over 800 static INT. My burn phase and reserve has improved noticeably. Even on single targets.

Comment by Heltah

What i am wondering:

Do the SB's from the SB-Volley also trigger the Shadows Embrace Debuff that Affliction warlocks have specced?

If so … HOLY SH!T

Comment by Vreivai

If this is affected by and applies the shadow and flame debuff, as well as the shadow's embrace debuff, I want this trinket on my warlock. Now.

Comment by Damentus

My question is: Will it break cc'd targets when it procs?

Comment by tearsofblood

Used this on Beth'Tilac heroic when my guild went back there, was about 1.4 million damage in total =p.

Proc can crit, and seems to be based on your own spell crit chance. It definitely scales with spellpower, with about 12k sp raid buffed it can crit for upwards of 50k if lightweave and power torrent have procced as well (which would be slightly over 13k sp).

Proc damages your current target as well as all targets in a 10yard radius at which ever target procced the bolt (which made me waste a proc when it procced from a LB tick on beth before p2 >.>).

Each bolt can crit individually.

Comment by hilltopperpete

On DS raid bosses, I'm averaging about 35k DPS as a Demo Lock and this trinket consistently accounts for about 8% of my total damage. Get it. Love it.

Comment by Falcrist

As an affliction warlock the proc alone was doing 6-12% of my overall damage on the last 3 bosses of Dragon Soul. The shadowbolts crit for up to 70k with my gear (Doomoracle@Cho'Gall).I have some testing to do, but this trinket seems ABSURDLY good.

Comment by Vargur

Raided both LFR and normal, no sign of it :(

Comment by aveneyer

Shadowbolt proc is currently ignoring resilience (only confirmed on this 397).

Comment by dzajko

quick question will the trinket get its dmg modified if say a demo warlock used meta and it proced while the warlock was in their mate

Comment by kingreol

this trinket looks good. as a mage without variable. it looks like a good replacement for moonwell. thou dps wise i think this whould work better in firelands. as fights with adds in ds seems limited to 3 fights. possible 4 if we count yon

Comment by Firebeibe

Absolutely awesome piece of jewelry, a must have one for both PvP and PvE, around 6% total damage, depends on the actuall encounter tho. Gotta love it when it crits players for 50k aswell :PAlso, if you are a mage, Molten Armor can proc this aswell.

Comment by briyan

The shadowbolts from this trinket do not trigger the warlock talent Shadow and Flame.

Comment by Minon

Any1 knows if the damage of the proc is lowered when there is more then 10 target around or it stays the same?

Comment by purplepriesty

For shadow priests, this trinket's proc works with Vampiric Embrace.

Comment by gerbera

I got this for my offspec shadow set because both our mage and warlock considered this garbage for some reason. My previous trinkets were Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitor and Necromantic Focus (yes, I know non-heroic tests won't interest some people...). I replaced the Focus with this trinket and did some Dummy tests.

The DPS increase between single and multi-targets was significant. Obviously, the more targets the better, but since I thought people would appreciate boss-level Dummies, I only used those.

While the numbers of my various priest abilities were similar for both tests, I was surprised to see shadowbolt volley much higher on the list. I had an overall increase of about 2.2kdps just from that trinket alone hitting 2 additional targets, with no multi-dotting from myself.

Since my main spec is healing, I can't test this myself on the Madness of Deathwing, but can anyone tell me if this spreads to all of the Blistering Tentacles that are immune to standard AOE damage?

Comment by Ladyblace

I got his Item on my mage and when it goes off it is soooo cool and it does lots of damage on big mobs ... Really cool when it goes off :)

Comment by Duskryn

Does anybody know if a rogue's poison proc would count as a damage-dealing spell and trigger the effect, since poison is nature damage, and nature damage is considered magic?

I'm just curious for the lulz.

Comment by qoorth

while it's a sweet bonus to your dps, the proc breaks cc's and ninja-pulls nearby mobs. so it's a nuisance sometimes especially when you're simply questing/gathering.

i wish we could control the shadowbolt volley by "using" the item when we need.

Comment by Kanariya

Cunning of the Cruel will now trigger its Shadowbolt Volley approximately three times as often, but will deal approximately one third as much damage. This results in the tooltip for the item being incorrect, but should moderate its burst damage in PvP.

Comment by kokorozashi

Ele shammyTried switching between cunning and bottled wishes, bottled wishes came out on top, i'm not liking this "change" having to go through rng 3 times before finally reaching the original dmg, will give a try again in raid later.

Comment by ahua

Comment by Goats

Very rare trinket. I've only seen one drop so far in 25man normal since the release of dragonsoul. I have actually seen more mounts drop from deathwing than this trinket sadly.

Comment by jnylr

Careful as this will hit everything including cc'ed targets. Also trying to do quests like Elemental Bonds: doubt it wil pull everything.

Comment by Swordy

Does this share a CD with the other versions?

Comment by Ocyla

Seems like if you are mid casting animation and this procs, your character snaps back to an idle stand animation. Silly thing to notice I suppose but it throws me off when I see that I appear to have been interrupted in casting.

Comment by Korasi

Just got the heroic version of this a couple days ago and did some testing with this trinket.

Shadwbolt Volley is not effected by Line of Sight, and it can proc on an enemy outside the standard 40 yard range.

It can proc off ticks, giving procs slightly more often to DoT classes.

The proc isn't actually "current target." It actually uses the target of the tick of a spell that procced the trinket, so a shadow priest multi-DoTing will see the proc be based around different targets quite often.

Shadowbolt Volley is shadow damage and is effected by modifiers, giving affliction warlocks and shadow priests much more powerful procs.

The proc also seems to be about 5-7% of my single target DPS (As a shadow priest), giving quite a bit more when cleaving is available. It's a very great trinket, but it saddens me when a poor critter dies from the proc.

Comment by Maliander

Some interesting facts:

Procs from Molten Armor (heck, procs from pretty much anything)

Tags targets for loot/quest credit

The combination of these two facts means that mounting through low level enemies, such as those encountered doing level 80 dailies, will result in kills without the need to dismount.

Comment by Misuteri

Just from random playing with this on battlegrounds as a shadow priest I'd like to throw this out there for people wondering if it's worth giving up resilience for.

Coupling this with Rathrak, the Poisonous Mind the specials on the two items accounted for 20% of my damage in a CTF match repeatedly casting into the EFC caravan. The DOT from Blast of Corruption does seem to indeed give it an additional DOT to proc from. I cannot confirm this from a combat log but after my single target died surrounding players afflicted with BoC represented the only offensive spell I had up, the trinket proc'd.

If you're one of those casters that is always debating caster dagger/OH or staff? I heartily recommend the Rathrak/OH combo over Ti'thak, Lightning Rod as staff choices or Vagaries of Time/OH due to the fact that it's one more dot/spell that this will proc on. The combination is completely brutal on multi-targets PVP or PVE.

Comment by Fizzlecog

I use this in pvp all the time now. I've noticed that it procs after res'ing at the Spirit Guide in BG's if a DOT is up on someone, regardless of range. I have res'd at the Wildhammer graveyard in twin peaks to see a Shadowbolt Volley fly all the way across the map to hit someone in the Horde flag room. Very entertaining.

Comment by ElZombo

On large scale battlegrounds (i.e. 40 Players) this is the most fun item I've ever had. It does not do that much damage, but it proccs fairly often, and it seems to have no range limit, which is just fun to look at. Imagine a shadowbolt volley just disappearing in some random direction to hit some poor target that's not even in sight or way out of range.

Comment by WorgN6

This is so fantastic.

I've watched it parse 10-20% of people's damage before in certain fights.

Comment by wcjokertwo

As an arcane mage, i can say that this trinket is a LIFESAVER. Arc mages has no long distance aoes that are decent in combat. Well this is a FANTASTIC multi-target damage pop. This trinket will pop for me every 4 to 5 casts and deal around 10k damage non crits. This thing more then makes up for arcane mages having no ranged multi target aoe like living bomb on fire. Arcane mages, this trinket is a MUST get.

Comment by Rascalcogs

This can hit rogues/ferals out of stealth also...rather annoying as you have no idea when its going to happen...

Comment by illiterate

I just tested this trinket on my 100 aff lock, and sadly it appears that it no longer procs the shadow bolts. I was at dummies for a good 10 min and I did not see a single one :(

Comment by bobisadrummer

Just killed Ultraxion on 4/10/15 and this trinket was in the loot chest. Odd.